As the lone remaining leaf on the street in some neighborhoods and corners, we promise to take the responsibility that comes with that seriously.
A LETTER TO NECN ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF ‘THE TAKE’
More than all the other programs on NECN combined, ‘The Take’ offered an equitable bullhorn for individuals from groups that are rarely portrayed on their own terms on the evening news.
ACT NOW (OR LOCAL MEDIA WILL DIE)
While I see lots of people who are terribly upset about losing the Improper eulogizing on Facebook, I don’t hear anybody talking about what they—or rather, what we, as a community of people who appreciate informed and clever coverage of the colorful metropolis we live in—can do to help the remaining independent outlets
THE MOST MADDENINGLY STUPID SUPER BOWL CLICKBAIT SO FAR
This is literally a story about the way that Tom Brady stopped holding something.
HOW HOWIE CARR PROMOTES, FUNDRAISES FOR, AND MAKES BANK OFF THE DIEHL CAMPAIGN
While I have no doubt that Carr at least somewhat believes the horrendous xenophobic trash that flows from his and Diehl’s jowls and bowels, it’s nonetheless worth noting that the jock and author profits handsomely off advertising purchased by the Diehl campaign.
NOW WE KNOW HOW THE MEDIA FEELS ABOUT 28-YEAR-OLD BARTENDERS
In other words, it’s fantastic preparation for going to work with greedy DC pricks who are accustomed to doing nothing and being applauded for it.
MEDIA FARM: AS THE GLOBE BURNS
While McGrory’s staff letter noted that he “was not anticipating the situation,” only a crash test dummy hibernating in a bunker underneath the Globe’s hermetic bubble could have missed the warning shots.
THE GLOBE’S VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF BOSTON IS AS DEEPLY DISTURBING AS IT IS PROFOUNDLY UN-AMERICAN
What marks each of those dark episodes is a failure to fathom where an outlet’s vision leads, to carry rhetoric to its logical conclusion. This satirical interpolation attempts to do just that, to envision what Boston looks like with the Globe spinning rightward.
INFO WARS: THE PERILS OF REPORTING IN MASS (A MEDIA FARM UPDATE)
Please excuse any sentimental camaraderie, but we do hope that you’ll join the chorus and echo our complaints.
TRUMP TAKES DUMP IN BABY’S MOUTH, FINGERS OWN BUTTHOLE ON DEBATE STAGE
Image by Kent Buckley We’ve been trying to do big things with Media Farm. Sure, first and foremost we report from the id and sewer of the media diaspora (sorry if we used that word wrong; like most people, we don’t actually know what it means), but in recent weeks and months we’ve focused […]
